Elections House,
Haile Selassie Avenue,
PO Box 50274,
LUSAKA.
11th July, 2025
RESPONSE TO PRESS QUERY ON CAMPAIGN MATERIALS
Query: May you please give clarity on the matter suggesting that you as ECZ have stated that PF regalia will not be allowed in the Mfuwe by-election campaigns. NCP should print its own campaign materials.
Response: The Commission notes your query and wishes to respond that Section 29(3) of the Electoral Process Act No. 35 of 2016 provides that a candidate or political party may, during an electoral campaign, publish or distribute campaign materials of such a nature and in such a manner as may be prescribed by the Commission.
You may wish to note that campaign material is defined in Section 2 of the Electoral Process Act to mean “party or candidate manifestos, advertisements, bill boards, posters, t-shirts, cloth or other material depicting colours regarding symbols and other designs of a party or pictorial images of a candidate.”
In addition, Section 29(4) of the Electoral Process Act guides that campaign messages mean an “activity, statement or any other form of expression aimed at promoting particular political ideas, policies and strategies for purposes of obtaining votes for a candidate or political party contesting an election.”
Arising from these provisions, the campaign materials in question relate to the political party or candidate participating in the election and not to any other political party.
Therefore, those in alliances, should use t-shirts, cloth or other campaign material depicting colours, symbols and other designs of a party or pictorial images of a candidate contesting the election.
In addition to the provisions of the Electoral Process Act above, Article 229 (2) (e) mandates the Commission to regulate the conduct of voters and candidates.
Therefore, the Commission is mandated to regulate the campaigns and the conduct of elections.
Brown Kasaro
Chief Electoral Officer
For/The Commission
ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA
Excellent explanation ECZ.
Fighting even the image of Edgar Lungu.
Soon they will ban the wearing of Chitenges with an image of Edgar Lungu. They can’t stand even seeing his Picture. Let the man be buried in South Africa. The ” hyaenas” shouldn’t be anywhere near the body of the late President.
I have never seen such behavior in normal human Beings.
Twatekwa.
Did you struggle with comprehension at school for you to fail to undestand even a simple explanation? Let me repeat it for you. Campaign material should depict a name or an image of the candidate or party, not an image of someone else. Let me.ask you a question. Is late former president ECL standing in these elections for his image to be used? What is the purpose of putting up him image on the campaign regalia since he is not the one standing? If you really want to put up his image, it would be better if it’s placed alongside the candidate standing and I don’t think that can be a problem with ECZ. By the way, let me give you free advise for your benefit. Using the image of the person who is not on the ballot only disadvantage the actual candidate because some voters are illiterate so they need to know his face for them vote for him/her but if you don’t put up his face, how will they vote for your candidate Please try to use your head every now and then, not your emotions everytime. I know you are looking for a sympathy vote but that is not how to go about it, Kalulushi is a very good example for you to learn from if you are serious.
Zambian,
Your profound ignorance is confounding.